Tag: cattle
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Summer Heat Puts Cattle Health and Performance at Risk
Oklahoma State veterinarian says water shade and early detection are key when heat and humidity climb STILLWATER, Okla. — Hot weather is part of summer in cattle country, but high temperatures mixed with humidity can quickly turn from uncomfortable to dangerous. Dr. Rosslyn Biggs, Oklahoma State University veterinarian and beef cattle Extension specialist, is urging…
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Illinois Farm Support Program Becomes FARM SOS
CARBONDALE, Ill. — A statewide program providing confidential mental health services to Illinois farm families has adopted a new name and launched a new website. The Farm Family Resource Initiative is now FARM SOS. The change gives the seven-year-old program a shorter name that more clearly describes its purpose. FARM SOS began as a pilot…
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Missouri Angus Sets Fifth Ladies of Autumn Sale
POINT LOOKOUT, Mo. — The Missouri Angus Association will hold its fifth annual Ladies of Autumn Sale on Oct. 18 at the College of the Ozarks in Point Lookout. The sale begins at 1 p.m. CDT and will feature Angus females, including open and bred heifers, cow-calf pairs, bred cows and donor females. The event…
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Missouri Junior Angus Leader Returns as Six New Faces Join National Board
SAINT JOSEPH, Mo. — The future of the Angus business has six new leaders wearing the green coat. Junior members of the National Junior Angus Association elected six new directors to the National Junior Angus Board during the 2026 National Junior Angus Show in Louisville, Kentucky. The announcement came July 17 during the show’s closing…
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Six More Meat Processors Join USDA Product of USA Label Program
WASHINGTON — Six additional meat and poultry processors have signed on to USDA’s voluntary Product of USA labeling program, expanding an initiative designed to help consumers identify meat products that come entirely from animals born, raised, harvested and processed in the United States. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced the latest additions, saying the label continues…
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R CALF USA Says USDA Is Moving Too Quickly on Mexico Border Reopening
BILLINGS, Mont. — R CALF USA is urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture to delay reopening the southern border to Mexican cattle imports, saying the threat from New World screwworm has not been brought under control. USDA recently announced plans to begin a phased reopening of livestock imports from Mexico, starting with the Douglas, Arizona,…